Large room for Vietnam, Germany to boost cooperation: parliamentarian

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on June 22 had a working session with Parliamentarian Andreas Scheuer, President of the Asian Bridge Initiative programme, on prospects for strengthening cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) in general, and Germany in particular.
Large room for Vietnam, Germany to boost cooperation: parliamentarian ảnh 1 Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh (R) and Parliamentarian Andreas Scheuer (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – VietnameseAmbassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on June 22 had a working session with ParliamentarianAndreas Scheuer, President of the Asian Bridge Initiative programme, on prospects for strengthening cooperation between Vietnam and theEuropean Union (EU) in general, and Germany in particular.

The two sides agreed that there remains large room to developbilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Germany, especially in the economic field.

They emphasised the importance ofstrengthening the exchange of all-level delegations, including businessdelegations, in order to bring information about the potential of Vietnam andVietnamese businesses closer to partners in Germany and Europe in general.

Scheuer, who is also former German Federal Minister of Transport and DigitalInfrastructure, affirmedthat the executive board of the programme wishes tofurther promote the Germany-Vietnam cooperation in the areas of economy, trade,investment, labour, cultural exchange, knowledge and technology transfer, and infrastructure,including transport infrastructure.

He expressed his impression on the rapiddevelopment and the young, enthusiastic and talented workforce of Vietnam, saying thathe is willing to act as a bridge to promote a bilateral cooperation frameworkin the field of labour, considering Vietnam an important partner in the YoungLeaders programme to be launched by the Asian bridge initiative programme.

With a network of reputable experts, large enterprises as well as extensiveconnections with diplomatic corps, the Asian bridge initiative programme isexpected to play an important role in creating a catalyst for the Eurasiancooperation in general and between Germany and Vietnam in particular, he said. 

Ambassador Minh took the occasion to invite Scheuer and experts and businessesrepresenting the programme to visit Vietnam to further promote cooperation between the two sides./.
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